Leo ehrlich



(No Model.)

L. BHRLICH.

PAPER GUTTER.

No. 407,518. Patented July 23, 1889.l

` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO EI-IRLIOH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN ROLL PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,518, dated July 23, 1889.

Application iiled October 6, 1888l Serial No. 287,438. (No model.)

To all whom, it may 0072/007171,.-

Be it known that I, LEO EHELICH, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paper-Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- 1o Figure I is a front elevation. Fig. II is an end View. Fig. III is a detail section taken on line III III, Fig. I.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for holding and cutting wrappingpaper and the like; and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a base; 2 represents end pieces or standards;

2o and 3 represents the paper-roll having journals fitting in the standards, as usual.

4 represents a spring-brake for preventing the too easy rotation of the paper-roll, or, in other words, to give the turning of the roll 2 5 the proper tension.

5 represents the knife, consisting, preferably, of a fiat bar, as vshown in Figs. II and III. It is pivoted at G, and when in its normal position the paper is held between it and 3o the bar 7. (See Fig. III.)

8 represents permanent magnets secured to the base l, or to another suitable support. To the upper ends of these magnets the bar 7 is secured, and also lugs 9, to which the knife 5 is pivoted at 6, as stated. The knife 5 has spurs 10, which come against projections Il on the lugs 9 to prevent the too far upward movement of the knife.

When apiece of paper is wanted, it is drawn through by taking hold of the free edge l2, 4o (see Fig. IIL) the knife tilting upward, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. II. NVhen the paper has been cut oif, the knife is attracted by the magnets 8 and pulled, downwardly, and holds the end of the paper between itand the bar 7.

The knife consists of a bar or plate extending all the way across the paper and having at each end an inwardly-extending portion 13, by which it is pivoted to the lugs 9. 5o

I prefer to use a magnet S at each end of the roll. A

I claim as my invention- 1. In a paper-cutter, the combination of a paper-roll, asuitable support for the roll, a knife, and a magnet, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 4 p

2. In a paper-cutter, the combination of the paper-roll, a suitable support for the roll, magnet, a knife, and a bar between which 6o and the knife the paper passes, substantially as set forth.

3. In a paper-cutter, the combination of a paper-roll, a suitable support for the roll, magnets, a knife pivoted to the magnets, and a bar secured to the magnets, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a paper-cutter, the combination of a paper-roll, a suitable support for the roll, magnets, bar 7, secured to the magnets, lugs 7o 9 on the magnets, projections llon the lugs 9, knife', having extension 13, and spurs 10 on the extensions, substantially as set forth.

LEO EHRLICH. In presence of- Oc'rAvIUs KNIGHT, HERVEY S. KNIGHT. 

